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Litton Das has captained Bangladesh in 4 T20s.
Litton Das has been made the new T20 captain of Bangladesh. The board announced the T20 team for the UAE and Pakistan tour in May and June. Litton will take command of the team in both series. Former captain Najmul Hussain Shantio also got a place in the squad. Those who were removed from captaincy in January itself.
Return of Mustafizur and Heart.
Bangladesh’s T20 squad also returned to Tauhid Hriday, Tanveer Islam, Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam. The four players could not play the team’s previous T20 series against the West Indies in December. Mehdi Hasan was made the vice -captain of the team for 2 series.
Mustafizur Rahman returned to Bangladesh’s T20 team.
Litton also captained against West Indies
Litton Das also captained the team in the T20 series against the West Indies. However, he was not made permanent captain then. The team defeated West Indies 3–0 under the captaincy of Litton. Bangladesh has also been commanded in Litton 1 Test and 7 ODIs.
Litton has scored 2000 plus runs in all three formats
Litton Das plays all three formats for Bangladesh. He has scored 2020 runs for the team by scoring 11 fifty in 95 T20s. In 94 ODIs, he has scored 2569 runs by scoring 5 centuries and 12 fifty. He has also scored 2788 runs in 48 Tests at an average of 34.
Litton Das has scored more than 7 thousand runs for Bangladesh by combining all three formats.
The series will start from May 17
The Bangladesh team will play 2 T20s in the UAE. Both matches will be played in Sharjah on 17 and 19 May. The team will then play 5 T20s in Pakistan. The series will begin on May 25.
Bangladesh’s T20 Squad Litton Das (Captain), Mehdi Hasan (Deputy Captain), Tanjid Hasan, Parvez Hussain, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hussain Shanto, Tauhid Hridayay, Shamim Hussain, Jaaker Ali, Rishad Hussain, Tanveer Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmood, Tanjim Hasan Saqib, Nahid Rana and Shoriful Islam.